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Last Updated:Aug 04, 2023

You can use the Thing Specification Language (TSL) model to send messages between video devices and IoT Platform. To use the TSL model for messaging, you must create a product for video devices in IoT Platform.

Video devices are devices that are used to collect, store, and play videos. IoT Platform supports video devices such as IP camera devices.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the IoT Platform console.

    Note

    You must use the Alibaba Cloud account that is used to log on to the IoT Platform console to call API operations of IoT Platform. Otherwise, you cannot subscribe to alert messages from IoT Platform.

  2. On the Overview tab, click the instance that you created. The Instance Details page appears.

    For more information about IoT Platform instances, see Overview of IoT Platform instances.

  3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Devices > Products. Then, click Create Product to create a product.

    For more information, see Create a product.

    When you create the product to which an IP camera device belongs, set the Node Type parameter to Directly Connected Device.

  4. Add a camera-specific TSL model.

    1. Download the camera-specific TSL model file.

    2. On the details page of the product that you created, click Define Feature. In the Default Module section, click Edit Draft.

    3. Click Import. In the Import TSL dialog box, click the Import TSL tab.

    4. Click Click Upload to upload the downloaded TSL description file.

    5. If the verification is successful, click OK.

    6. In the lower-left corner of the Edit Draft page, click Release online.

    7. Publish the TSL model as prompted.

What to do next

After you create the product, add a device to the product. For more information, see Add an IP camera device.